The Kogi Chapter of the APC has rejected the choice of persons by the Party’s National Working Committee (NWC) as replacements for the former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party and the former Zonal Organising Secretary, who resigned recently. The State APC Chairman, Abdullahi Bello in a...
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Kogi State Government has urged citizens and travellers to ignore false alarm on insecurity circulating that the state is not safe. Retired Commodore Jerry Omodara, Security Adviser (SA) to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja....
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Friday called for calm and understanding among stakeholders in Okobo-Enjema Community in Akpa Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the community got embroiled in crisis with a mining company in the area, Eta-Zuma...
Following the impending nationwide strike on Wednesday, Babatunde Ishola, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, in charge of Zone 8, has appealed to Kogi workers to be peaceful in their protest. The AIG made the appeal during a meeting with Labour Leaders in Lokoja on Tuesday. Ishola explained that...
The Ukomu Igala Organisation (UIO), a socio-cultural group on Saturday urged President Bola Tinubu to consider the creation of Okura state from Kogi state, for the advancement of Igala people of the state. Its National Leader, David Abutu, made the call during the inauguration of the newly-elected UIO...
Suspected hoodlums have reportedly set ablaze the Campaign Office of Murtala Yakubu-Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Governorship Candidate in the forthcoming election in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the office, which is located on John Holt road, near Paparanda Square, Lokoja, was gutted...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted 48,380 pills of tramadol along Ewohimi road, heading toward Kabba in Kogi. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Sunday by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi. Babafemi stated that the consignment were...
The appetite for university education has increased the need for more universities to be established in the country. Establishing more universities come with its own challenges. For instance, Kogi government recently got the clear to open one more university in Kabba. When fully operational, that would make it the...
The Kogi Government has condemned the alleged vandalism of the state campaign office of Social Democratic Party (SDP) by hoodlums on Sunday morning. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the state’s Commissioner for Information, who made the condemnation in a statement in Lokoja on Sunday, called on security operatives to fish out...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of two persons after a MAN Diesel truck crushed a tricycle in a headon collision in Kogi. Corps Commander Stephen Dawulung, Kogi FRSC Sector Commander, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Koton...
Security operatives on Thursday neutralized a notorious gang leader, Kabir Bala during a gun duel with his gang members in Ofu Local Government Area of Troops we The deceased was said to be involved in many crimes, including the burning to death of a PDP woman leader in her...
Two journalists in Kogi have emerged millionaires at the maiden edition of the Gov. Yahaya Bello (GYB) Essay Competition for journalists in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Emmanuel Adeyemi of The Sun Newspaper, emerged overall winner with a price of N2 million, while Richard...
Gunmen on Monday kidnapped the Oba of Idofin and his Wife in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the traditional ruler, Shedrack Durojaye Obibeni, and wife were said to be kidnapped along Makutu-Idofin road at about 5 p.m. Mr Abdulrasak...
The Kogi chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has decried the shortage of qualified medical doctors in secondary and tertiary health institutions and poor welfare package for doctors in the state. The association also decried the delay in the payment of monthly salaries of doctors of the state’s...
Following repeated violence against political actors and the media in Kogi State in the march to the 2023 governorship election, Ukomu Igala Organization, a socio-political group in Kogi East Senatorial District, has written a petition to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to call Governor Yahaya Bello to order and halt...
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has inaugurated a committee for the establishment of a state-owned university in Okunland in the western senatorial district of the state. In his remarks after inaugurating the committee on Wednesday at the government house Lokoja, the governor urged the committee to submit its preliminary...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kogi has confirmed four persons dead and 9 injured in a lone auto crash in Elete Community of Ajaokuta Local Government Area of the state. Mr Stephen Dawulung, Kogi Sector Commander, in a telephone call, confirmed the incident to the News Agency...
The Kogi All Progressives Congress (APC) Guber Candidate, Mr Usmam Ododo, on Sunday unveiled a Primary School Teacher, Salifu Joel, as his running mate for Nov. 11 governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the running mate is the current Chairman of Nigerian Union of Teachers...
The Senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, Smart Adeyemi, says legislative experiences of President Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima, will help them perform excellently. Adeyemi, who was also an All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant in Kogi governorship election, said this in an interview with the...
Long queues have again resurfaced in Kogi as petrol sells for N400 in some filling stations in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports in Lokoja on Tuesday that already some of the filling stations are closing up, refusing to sell to the already panicked motorists jostling...